He said employability programmes had to adopt the mindset of providing other support to enable young people to stay on a course, to in effect "broaden the tight rope" young people were on "to the size of a plank".

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But extremely loose monetary policy should act as a counterbalance, forcing investors to walk the tight rope in making up their minds about the yellow metal next year.

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In the credit sequence, a fried egg took on an unnerving affinity to a sliced eye, and shoelaces resembled rope tugged tight.

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In a shed at the back of the old brewery, there is a cage pallet of their signature 75cl bottles, packed with a new beer, Equilibrista (Italian for tight-rope walker).

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